Katowice Music Academy

Karol Szymanowski- Music Academy Katowice Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach
founding	1929
Sponsorship	state
place	Katowice , Poland
Rector	Wladyslaw Szymanski
Website	www.am.katowice.pl

Auditorium of the Music Academy

The Karol Szymanowski Music Academy Katowice ( Polish : Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach ) was founded in 1929 as the State Conservatory of Music ( Państwowe Konserwatorium Muzyczne ) in Katowice , in the Autonomous Voivodeship of Silesia. The first director was Witold Friemann (1929–1934).

The Music Academy offers courses in the following areas:

• Conduct
• Composition and Music Theory
• Music art
• jazz
• Instrument science
• Vocal pedagogy

Heads and Rectors of the Music Academy

1929–1934: Witold Frieman 1934-1939: Faustyn Kulczycki 1939–45: under German occupation 1945–1946: Faustyn Kulczycki 1946: Bolesław Woytowicz 1947–1951: Adam Mitschta 1951–1963: Józef Powroźniak 1963–1965: Jan Gawlas 1965–1972: Wiktor Gadziński 1972–1975: Józef Powroźniak 1975–1979: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki 1979-1981: Leon Markiewicz 1981–1987: Jan Wincenty Hawel 1987–1990: Joachim Pichura 1990-1996: Jan Wincenty Hawel 1996-2002: Julian Gembalski 2002–2008: Eugeniusz Knapik 2008–2016: Tomasz Miczka since 2016: Władysław Szymański

Former students and teachers

• Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010)
• Agnieszka Hekiert (* 1973)
• Jan Jargon (1928–1995)
• Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013)
• Eugeniusz Knapik (* 1951)
• Andrzej Krzanowski (1951–1990)
• Aleksander Lasoń (* 1951)
• Gerhard Line (1890–1968)
• Bolesław Szabelski (1896–1979)
• Bolesław Woytowicz (1899–1980)
• Krystian Zimerman (* 1956)

Web links

Commons : Katowice Music Academy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Music Academy (pl.)
• Official website of the Music Academy (English, abbreviated)
• Detailed information on the Katowice Music Academy (pl.)
• Jazz and Pop Institute of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music (Engl.)

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://www.am.katowice.pl/?a=323_struktura

Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 19 ″  N , 19 ° 1 ′ 48 ″  E